Does the Semi-Autonomous Agency Model Function in a Low-Governance Environment? The Case of the Road Development Agency in Zambia

Does the Semi-Autonomous Agency Model Function in a Low-Governance Environment? The Case of the Road Development Agency in Zambia

This paper uses Zambia as a case study to assess empirically whether political interference in a low-governance environment has diminished in the past years as expected after a semi-autonomous agency model was set up ten years ago. The road sector...

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Main Authors: Raballand, Gael, Bridges, Kate, Beuran, Monica, Sacks, Audrey
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
ACCOUNTABILITY
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
ANTI-CORRUPTION
AUDITING
AUDITOR
AUDITS
AUTONOMY
BIDDING
BRIDGE
BRIDGES
CIVIL SERVANTS
CIVIL SERVICE
COLLUSION
CONFIDENCE
CONFLICTS
CORE ROADS
COUNTERPART
DRIVERS
ELECTIONS
EMPLOYMENT
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
FINANCE MANAGEMENT
FISCAL FEDERALISM
FRAUD
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
HIGHWAY
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INITIATIVE
INTEGRITY
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INVESTMENT IN ROADS
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MANDATES
MEDIA
MINISTER
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT
OBSERVER
PATH
PATRONAGE
POLITICIANS
PROCUREMENT
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PROJECT SELECTION
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC WORKS
RECONSTRUCTION
REHABILITATION
ROAD
ROAD AGENCIES
ROAD AGENCY
ROAD BUILDING
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
ROAD DETERIORATION
ROAD DEVELOPMENT
ROAD FUND
ROAD FUNDS
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
ROAD MAINTENANCE
ROAD MANAGEMENT
ROAD PROJECTS
ROAD SECTOR
ROAD TRANSPORT
ROAD TRANSPORT SERVICES
ROAD USER
ROAD USER FEES
ROAD USERS
ROAD WORKS
ROADS
ROUTE
RURAL ROADS
SAFETY
SAFETY AGENCY
SCANDAL
SERVICE DELIVERY
TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC DATA
TRANSPARENCY
TRUE
URBAN ROADS
VEHICLE
WORLD DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18147881/semi-autonomous-agency-model-function-low-governance-environment-case-road-development-agency-zambia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16018

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18147881/semi-autonomous-agency-model-function-low-governance-environment-case-road-development-agency-zambia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16018

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